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Posted: 3/30/2013 1:04:15 AM EDT
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i've got several questions so if anyone has BTDT please post up.
i'm wanting to mount a small camera on my helmet, which is a protech delta 4 pictured below. it doesn't have rails or NVG mounts, so this is obviously my first hurdle. can those be installed? is there a camera mount that simply clamps to the side of the helmet like my light? if i velcro the camera on will that be secure enough? secondly, which camera should i go with? the gopro hero seems to be the norm for outdoor sports but seems a little big. there's another one called the contour 2 which is considerably smaller. any firsthand knowledge of either of these? 
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I cant comment on the rail mounting option, but i have a Contour and it is very compact, one switch instant on, and has given grwat footage. I believe it comes with an adhesive pad mount, i use their picatinney rail mount to attach to the rail on my protech alpha helmet.
I would personally want something more secure than velcro, or would safety wire it as a backup if using velcro. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile |
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Velcro is no bueno. Go pro is top of line. Best bang for your buck is a side mounted rail and contour since you don't have traditional NVD setup Not sure why velcro is no good. No actual reasons are given by the poster. I have a Contour that I've used for a couple years now. I started out with good velcro and the small mount and never had an issue with worrying about it coming off. To make sure, I clipped the retention lanyard to the camera and to another portion of the helmet, but it never came off. Mounting it with velcro actually gave me a better angle than using the ARC rails and mount. When I did the mount, I needed to place more velcro on the mount in the front in order to provide a thicker layer to account for the forward curve of the helmet. Mine rode on the right side above the flared ear section. I switched to ARC rails mainly because I wanted the ability to mount other items I needed, and the rail covered the area I used to mount the camera. I recently loaned my velcro mount to a guy a couple weeks ago during a shoothouse training when his rail mount broke on his helmet after a fall. My velcro method lasted the next three days for him. So it does work. It does have disadvantages, such as it can get ripped off and lost if not using the lanyard (But that can happen on a rail too.), you have to watch the adhesive to make sure it sticks on both hook and pile sides in all temps and environments, and it requires trial and error in mounting to deal with the helmet curves, versus throwing it in the rail and being done. But it can work for you, at least while you decide how you want to do it better. Email (Not IM) if you need pics of how mine got setup that way. I can probably find some. I also preferred the Contour because I didn't need to have this big block sitting on my helmet. I recently saw a much more slimmed down version of the go pro, but for helmet use I still like how the Contour works. |
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Velcro is no bueno. Go pro is top of line. Best bang for your buck is a side mounted rail and contour since you don't have traditional NVD setup Not sure why velcro is no good. No actual reasons are given by the poster. I have a Contour that I've used for a couple years now. I started out with good velcro and the small mount and never had an issue with worrying about it coming off. To make sure, I clipped the retention lanyard to the camera and to another portion of the helmet, but it never came off. Mounting it with velcro actually gave me a better angle than using the ARC rails and mount. When I did the mount, I needed to place more velcro on the mount in the front in order to provide a thicker layer to account for the forward curve of the helmet. Mine rode on the right side above the flared ear section. I switched to ARC rails mainly because I wanted the ability to mount other items I needed, and the rail covered the area I used to mount the camera. I recently loaned my velcro mount to a guy a couple weeks ago during a shoothouse training when his rail mount broke on his helmet after a fall. My velcro method lasted the next three days for him. So it does work. It does have disadvantages, such as it can get ripped off and lost if not using the lanyard (But that can happen on a rail too.), you have to watch the adhesive to make sure it sticks on both hook and pile sides in all temps and environments, and it requires trial and error in mounting to deal with the helmet curves, versus throwing it in the rail and being done. But it can work for you, at least while you decide how you want to do it better. Email (Not IM) if you need pics of how mine got setup that way. I can probably find some. I also preferred the Contour because I didn't need to have this big block sitting on my helmet. I recently saw a much more slimmed down version of the go pro, but for helmet use I still like how the Contour works. Forgot about this one. I dont see what the problem is. Velcro to side of camera and helmet, I throw a zip tie to sure, and then it has a short tie down to be sure sure. Been money this whole deployment. |
| The contour comes with a factory Velcro mount that's pretty tough to separate. It comes with quite a few mounts including one for a hat. Recoil magazine has a good comparison of the 3 major brands which helped me pic. I'll scan it and post it up just give me a few minutes. |
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Night time, pitch black with no moon (a lot of bs in it, shooting starts at 52 sec)
http://youtu.be/BFy5FiAZY-I?t=52s Day time http://youtu.be/bKoSdklHVOI |
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